Shows featuring Dr. Deqo Mohamed

Dr. Hawa Abdi’s daughter and a Somali human rights activist and physician. She helps her mother run the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

  • Part 2: "Keeping Hope Alive" in Somalia with Hawa Abdi and Daughter Deqo Mohamed
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    In part two of our interview with Somali human rights activist and physician, Dr. Hawa Abdi, she describes how thousands of Somalis were killed in the 1993 attack in Mogadishu that is best known for killing 18 elite U.S. special forces. She also discusses her book, "Keeping Hope Alive," which shares what has happened...
    April 16, 2013 | Blog Post

  • "Mother Teresa of Somalia" Hawa Abdi and Daughter Deqo Mohamed on Healing Decades of War, Tragedy

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    As the twin bombings hit the Boston Marathon, deadlier blasts also ripped through the densely populated Somali capital of Mogadishu. Hours after car bombs and suicide bombers killed at least 16 people outside a court complex on Sunday, another car bomb detonated and killed Turkish nationals. In Somalia, unlike Boston, there were...
    April 16, 2013 | Story